1/2 Dollar USA (1776 - ) Silver

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Denomination:

1/2 Dollar (about Dollar)

Metal:

Silver

State:

USA (1776 - )

Issue year(s):

1839-1891

Catalog reference:

Diakov-:

KM-68 (1)

Liberty Seated Half Dollar

Type 1 – No Motto (1839-1853)

Designer – Engraver: Christian Gobrecht
Metal Composition: 90% Silver – 10% Copper
Diameter: 30.6 mm
Mass / Weight: 13.36 grams

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1857-O. PCGS graded EF-45. Nicely toned. New Orleans Mint was a major coin production facility in the mid-19th century. The port located there was, for decades, larger than either New York or Philadelphia in terms of tonnage or income to the Federal government from import duties. Pop 21; 57 fi ...

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1855. Arrows. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. CAC Approved. Lovely blue and golden toning. Balanced and subtle champagne, lavender, and shimmering blue-as-steel color over silvery surfaces with a satin consistency. Fully struck with outstanding hair and feather detail. Rich luster swirls over surfaces s ...

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1854-O. Arrows. PCGS graded MS-66 PQ. CAC Approved. Well struck with lovely light blue toning on both sides. This is one of the more breathtaking Seated Half Dollars of any year or type that bidders will see auctioned, and it is in a small elite group of similarly graded 1854-O Arrows delivery ...

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1854. Arrows. NGC graded Proof 65. Nice purple and lilac toning. Only 20 minted. Pop 6; 4 finer, 3 in 66, 1 in 67. Estimated Value $20,000 - 22,000. Categories: Seated Liberty Half Dollars

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1854. Arrows. PCGS graded Proof 64. CAC Approved. Lovely toning on both sides. An extremely pleasing example of the Proof 1854 Arrows Half Dollar, much rarer than the Proof dollar of this date. There are probably about 20 surviving Proof Halves of this year and this is one of the choicest curr ...

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1852. NGC graded AU-55. Only 77,130 minted. Nicely toned. It was in February of 1853 that a weight reduction went into effect for all subsidiary silver coinage. The problem had been that for decades both silver and gold coins had been melted as the raw silver or gold content was worth more tha ...

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Variations and designs of 1/2 Dollar USA The half dollar coin, with a denomination of 50 cents, has undergone various designs and variations throughout the history of the United States. Here are some notable variations and designs of the half dollar:Early Half Dollars (1794-1836): The United States Mint produced early half dollars in several designs, including the Flowing Hair Half D ...

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scroodge / Silver Dollar Silver Dollars 1794-1935The silver dollar was authorized by Congress April 2, 1792. Weight and fineness were specified at 416 grains and 892.4 fine. The first issues appeared in 1794 and until 1804 all silver dollars had the value stamped on the edge: HUNDRED CENTS, ONE DOLLAR OR UNIT. After a lapse in coinage of the plain or reeded edges and ...

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1923-S Liberty Standing Quarter Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Well struck with the head nearly full. Close examination suggests this is a full head. Lightly toned around the edges. A nice origin ...

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1919-S. PCGS graded MS-64. CAC Approved. A very popular key date. Light hint of gold tone on the obverse. A well struck near-Gem that has deep silvery mint frost from center to periphery. A few ...

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1876. PCGS graded Proof 65 Cameo. Blast white Gem Cameo Proof. Only 1,260 struck. The Twenty-cent piece, sometimes called a "double dime," had a brief appearance in the fourth quarter of the 19t ...

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